Revolutionary War: The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre
Introduction
Imagine having to load up your guns because an angry mob of people are running straight towards you. Think of having to shoot five people and knowing there was no way they could survive. This is the feeling the British soldiers had on March 5th 1770. They were caught in a bad place at a very bad time. Now imagine you are a colonist in America. You were just put under very strict rules from people thousands of miles from where you live. You then see the British soldiers walking in your streets. They were the ones who put the laws on you in the first place. Then you think, “Do I want to stand up to the soldiers or hide away?” This was a choice the colonists had to make in 1770 . This was a choice …show more content…
They did this because they were angry at the British for putting high taxes and enforcing unfair laws. As a couple of colonists started to attack the British, more of the colonists started to join in. They screamed, hit, and pushed the soldiers with clubs, mallets and their bare hands. The soldiers were just protecting the colonists’ streets and they were just doing their job. As more people came, and more people attacked the soldiers harder, the captain realized this was a dangerous situation for his men. He did what any person would do when getting attacked. He told his men to load up their guns to partly scare the colonists and be ready. The colonists did not care about the large weapons the British had. They were going to make a point to England, so they just kept attacking. One of the flying ice rocks(thrown by a colonist) hit a soldier directly on the head. The soldier was down on the ground, still getting beat. This caused him to fire his pre loaded gun at the swarm of colonists. Once the smoke cleared up from the bullet shot, one man was dead on the ground. His name was Crispus Attucks. He was an African american and he was the first man to die. The colonists were absolutely outraged that the British had just shot a man, so they became more angry and kept attacking, this time even harder. The war had just started. All of the soldiers thought the captain commanded the men to fire …show more content…
This event actually helped the colonists have more of a reason to fight against England. It helped them because it made them stronger and more angeryer at the British. The colonists were done with the british and they did not care what happened to them, they wanted revenge for killing their family members. The outcome for the British was that they learned that the colonists are very powerful with weapons or no weapons. They also learned that these kinds of incidents have the right to be punished. The British soldiers were punished for doing this to the
Introduction
Imagine having to load up your guns because an angry mob of people are running straight towards you. Think of having to shoot five people and knowing there was no way they could survive. This is the feeling the British soldiers had on March 5th 1770. They were caught in a bad place at a very bad time. Now imagine you are a colonist in America. You were just put under very strict rules from people thousands of miles from where you live. You then see the British soldiers walking in your streets. They were the ones who put the laws on you in the first place. Then you think, “Do I want to stand up to the soldiers or hide away?” This was a choice the colonists had to make in 1770 . This was a choice …show more content…
They did this because they were angry at the British for putting high taxes and enforcing unfair laws. As a couple of colonists started to attack the British, more of the colonists started to join in. They screamed, hit, and pushed the soldiers with clubs, mallets and their bare hands. The soldiers were just protecting the colonists’ streets and they were just doing their job. As more people came, and more people attacked the soldiers harder, the captain realized this was a dangerous situation for his men. He did what any person would do when getting attacked. He told his men to load up their guns to partly scare the colonists and be ready. The colonists did not care about the large weapons the British had. They were going to make a point to England, so they just kept attacking. One of the flying ice rocks(thrown by a colonist) hit a soldier directly on the head. The soldier was down on the ground, still getting beat. This caused him to fire his pre loaded gun at the swarm of colonists. Once the smoke cleared up from the bullet shot, one man was dead on the ground. His name was Crispus Attucks. He was an African american and he was the first man to die. The colonists were absolutely outraged that the British had just shot a man, so they became more angry and kept attacking, this time even harder. The war had just started. All of the soldiers thought the captain commanded the men to fire …show more content…
This event actually helped the colonists have more of a reason to fight against England. It helped them because it made them stronger and more angeryer at the British. The colonists were done with the british and they did not care what happened to them, they wanted revenge for killing their family members. The outcome for the British was that they learned that the colonists are very powerful with weapons or no weapons. They also learned that these kinds of incidents have the right to be punished. The British soldiers were punished for doing this to the